Mobile networks are facing an unprecedented demand for high-speed connectivity
originating from novel mobile applications and services and, in general, from the adoption …

Optical networks offer a wide range of benefits to the telecommunication sector worldwide
with their provision of higher bandwidth, which leads to faster data speed, longer …

Network technologies are embracing the cloud-native paradigm, following the current best
practices in cloud computing. Cloud-native technologies might be applied to different types …

The softwarization of mobile networks enables an efficient use of resources, by dynamically
scaling and re-assigning them following variations in demand. Given that the activation of …

Cloud services are now well established. Thanks to specific providers' pioneering work, they
offer on-site the benefit of predictability, continuity, and quality of service provided by …

Software Defined Networks (SDN) has revolutionized modern network architecture by
providing enhanced flexibility, agility, and programmability. This paradigm change makes …

The Virtual Network Function Placement and Chaining problem (VNF-PC) is an important
part of the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) based-technologies implementation. VNF …

A major concern for future mobile networks is to meet extremely stringent reliability
requirements without incurring very high energy consumption. To this aim, we need auto …

Abstract System Service Provider models are experiencing a developmental change driven
by client requests, enormous information and mechanical advances, for example, 4G, LTE …

With the arrival of new generation mobile networks, we currently observe a paradigm shift,
where monolithic network functions running on dedicated hardware are now implemented …